NAV Purebred Beef genetic evaluation - Genomic evaluation for weight/growth and carcass traits

March 2026 NAV PbB evaluation

Distribution files:

• /nav/nav/PbB/Lastrun/Distribution/nav_PbB_ebv_pub
• /nav/nav/PbB/Lastrun/Distribution/nav_PbB_sires_pub
• /nav/nav/PbB/Lastrun/Distribution/alive.nav

Changes compared to the November 2025 evaluation:

Reverse reliabilities (reliabilities including genomic information) for AAN, CHA, HER, LIM and SIM and for traits in the weight/growth and carcass evaluation

Summary of the results

Number of genotypes by breed and country added to the March 2026 evaluation

Calving evaluation

• Danish, Finnish and Swedish correlations between previous and current breeding values are high and in general as expected.

Carcass evaluation

• Danish, Finnish and Swedish correlations between previous and current breeding values are high and in general as expected.

Calving

Correlations between previous and current evaluation for the subindex traits for publishable animals from the calving evaluation

Genetic trends and standard deviation of BV from the previous (ebv.p) and current (ebv.l)

Carcass

Correlations between previous and current evaluation for the subindex traits for publishable animals from the weight/growth evaluation

Genetic trends and standard deviation of BV from the previous (ebv.p) and current (ebv.l)